Armor Correctional Health Services, the Miami-base medical provider embroiled in a lawsuit in Broward County, has been hit with another suit. This time, the legal action was filed in Sarasota County. Like the Broward case, it alleges that Armor staff failed to give proper medical attention to an inmate in…
Michael Mann, police chief of the Coconut Creek Police Department has resigned nearly three weeks after the controversial tasing death at the hands of police who did not have up-to-date certification to use Taser guns. Mann, 60, been with the department for more than five years, called his departure a…
Yesterday the Republican-dominated Florida House supported a bill that would officially remove Florida’s gay adoption ban from the state’s statutes…
Update, March 12: Christo Taoushiani.Associate Producer for Nancy Grace, says “Nancy ended up going long on our other topics and we sadly didn’t get to it… its not 100% for sure until we tape it!” He said they could return to the story another day. Original story: By now you…
South Florida residents, parents, students and the family of a young man that recently had racial slurs directed towards him by a Cypress Bay High School teacher have planned a protest outside the Broward County School Board this evening. From 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. protesters are planning to line up…
A new study released last week by the global real estate consultancy Knight Frank suggests West-Palm Beach is one of the top destinations for wealthy people and their wealthy-people planes. The Wealth Report lists New York to West-Palm with the fourth most private jet traffic, and West Palm-New York as…
The Islamic Center of Palm Beach is hosting what they are describing as a “highly important and much needed educational seminar” titled “Combatting the Rise of Jihadist Extremism, ISIS, its evil effects and the True Islamic Response.” The seminar will take place from March 13th-15th at the Islamic Center located…
A small coffee shop/church in Lake Worth has made headlines around the country after its pastor accused city officials of forcing him to have a “business license” to have worship services on Sunday. But it all seems to be either a slight misunderstanding or wild exaggeration. Pastor Mike Olive is…
On Tuesday, Palm Beach Commissioners agreed to allow Uber to operate on a temporary basis as they try to hash out an agreement on how to regulate the ride-sharing company. Broward County commissioners are also still trying to find a way to regulate Uber while lawmakers in Tallahassee are looking…
The Florida Department of Health in Broward County has confirmed that four new cases of the disease pertussis, better-known as whopping cough, have come to its attention over the past two weeks. Three of the newly infected patients are adolescents, and one is an infant. Health officials are stressing that…
By Alexandra Herrera Law enforcement officers are now on the lookout for Heather Hironimus, the mother of a 4-year-old boy who has been at the center of a circumcision case in West Palm Beach. She was again absent from court on Tuesday. The mother has been missing with her son…
The fight to make Uber legit in Palm Beach went to a vote today, commissioners agreed to allow the ride-sharing service to operate temporarily — something the Chamber of Commerce urged them to do as well. At issue during Tuesday’s vote, as it has been from the beginning, is if…
The Miami Dolphins are set to sign Detroit Lions free agent Ndamukong Suh as early as today. Reports say the Fins are going to give Suh the biggest contract for a defensive lineman in NFL history: a whopping $114 million, with $60 million of it guaranteed. The deal is so…
In Lake Worth, some residents fear that private developers will be given too much power in controlling the city’s beachfront. Lake Worth beach has always been one of the coolest in South Florida — awesome for people-watching, surfing, and chilling. You could grab breakfast at John G’s, fish off the…
Manatees are the cute-looking sea cows that bring on Florida tourists like iron filings to a magnet. But now a group of environmentalists has alerted the federal government it plans to sue on behalf of the critters. In particular, the group wants the USA to implement a look-don’t-touch (or swim)…
The day they came for Sandra Lopez, she was working the line inside Moreno Farms’ packing house. Cool air blasted through the cavernous building in a remote field outside Felda, a tiny hamlet nine miles from Immokalee. Lopez and 70 other workers, mostly Mexican and Central American women, stood in…
Today marks the eighth anniversary since Robert Levinson, a Coral Springs private detective, vanished from Kish Island in Iran, where he was researching a cigarette-smuggling case. And now FBI Director James B. Comey has announced that the reward for information leading to Levinson’s location, recovery, and return has been increased…
Rick Scott has an abysmal environmental record. So the latest report revealing that Scott ordered the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to ban the term “climate change” from all emails and reports should be the least shocking thing you’ve ever heard in your entire life. Scott has, from the word…
A homeless man was arrested for stabbing another homeless man to death this weekend shortly after buying a new shirt to replace the bloody threads, according to BSO. David Edward Shaw, 42, faces second-degree murder charges for killing an unnamed, 37-year-old man. The attack occurred late Saturday in a Burger…
It should be a given among criminals that if you get yourself in a pinch with the law, keep your mom and dad out of the mess. But a Boca Raton man who was busted for illegally selling firearms at gun shows only compounded his headaches by roping his parents…
Welcome to Fort Lauderdale! How was the flight in from [insert boringly shaped state here]? We hope the humidity didn’t catch you off-guard. It’s a very wet heat down here in South Florida. Also, it’s one of the hit-and-run capitals of America. But we don’t need to talk about that…
In the last week, the goalie position for the Florida Panthers has become like being a drummer for Spinal Tap. Anyone who gets between the pipes for the Cats has inevitably met with an injury. It’s been so bad that the Panthers are not only down to their third-string goalie…
